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Friday, Apr 17 2015

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Bring A Loupe: From A Massive Collection Of Omegas To Some Great Breitlings, Heuers, Gruens, And Vacherons

Wristwatch News, Reviews, & … | 17. Apr 2015 23:53 |

This week's Bring A Loupe brings you everything from someone selling off a great collection of vintage Omega sport chronographs from the 1960s and 1970s, to some more value-oriented pieces under $1,000, to a couple pieces each from Vacheron, Heuer, Gruen, and Breitling. Oh, …

Seven Half Price Nixon Watches Just Added Today

Watchismo Times - A reliquary of … | 17. Apr 2015 20:48 |

Nearly 100 Nixon Watches Now 50% OffFour 48-20 Gold Chronographs and more! Choose from THE most popular Nixon watches. Just apply coupon code NIXON50 at checkout to redeem.Get Your Half Price Nixon Here. or check out the new additions now 50% off below...$250 ::: Nixon …

Detroit Watch Company Pride Of Detroit Aviator Watch Review

aBlogtoWatch | 17. Apr 2015 18:58 |

My old hometown of Detroit has definitely been in the watchmaking news as of late. Of course, when you think Detroit and watches, you are probably thinking of the one that borrowed their name from a shoe polish company. While they are certainly the king of the Detroit watch …

Hands-On: The Arnold & Son Golden Wheel

Wristwatch News, Reviews, & … | 17. Apr 2015 16:53 |

Arnold & Son is offering their take on the historic "wandering hours" concept with their new Golden Wheel watch. Introduced at Basel earlier this year, the Golden Wheel is reminiscent of modern watches like Audemars Piguet’s Star Wheel collection, and Urwerk’s imaginative …

No Apple Watches in Stores Until June

WatchReport.com | Real. Honest. … | 17. Apr 2015 16:43 |

No Apple Watches in Stores Until June Apple’s new product launches have become notorious for long lines of customers camping out overnight outside Apple retail stores in hopes of being the first to grab up a new iPhone, iPad or other hot tech item. Things will be different …

Introducing the Savoy Epic Vault

WristWatchReview.com | 17. Apr 2015 15:43 |

Last month was the annual watch show known as Baselworld. In the run up to the show, we had a lot of press releases coming in on things that were to be announced. Then of course as the show got underway, there was another tidal wave of information. This meant that there was …

Malaysian Home Minister Under Fire for Luxury Watches

WatchReport.com | Real. Honest. … | 17. Apr 2015 12:48 |

Malaysian Home Minister Under Fire for Luxury Watches In the U.S. we’ve grown accustomed to the way news media puts politicians under such close scrutiny that even what a candidate has for lunch can make headlines. In Malaysia one politico has come under fire for his …

Raymond Weil Nabucco Cello Tourbillon Watch Hands-On

aBlogtoWatch | 17. Apr 2015 09:38 |

The long-standing Raymond Weil Nabucco watch collection gets a tourbillon for 2015. In fact, I believe that the Raymond Weil Nabucco Cello Tourbillon is the brand's first tourbillon-based timepiece, and in many ways, they are off to a running start (assuming the world needs …

Hands-On Seiko SBDC027 “Sumo” 50th Anniversary Review

Fratello Watches | 17. Apr 2015 08:03 |

Last year I ordered a couple of Seiko watches for myself. In fact, I only did so after seeing one of the JDM (Japan Domestic Models) in the Seiko boutique in Amsterdam. There I realized two things: 1. There is more to Seiko than I thought, 2. I need to learn all these …

FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 17th April, 2015 (#sexpile Special Edition)

Time and Tide Watches | 17. Apr 2015 07:58 |

Happy Friday everyone! This week we have a special themed edition of the wind-down, talking all about Sexpiles. Totally SFW BTW. What happened? Basically a bunch of mainstream media outlets shone some light on a fairly niche aspect of the watch collecting community – …

Why should watch companies sell online?

PROFESSIONAL WATCHES | 17. Apr 2015 06:48 |

It’s the year 2015, and excluding products that cannot be shipped via FedEX, USPS or UPS – such as cars, boats and other very large items – virtually all other products are available for purchase online. The age old argument that luxury items, such as watches, need to be …